Energy engineers, SaaS prices and the moment of AI truth, Broadcom and the bubble

Welcome back to Zero Shot, where Brady, Praveen, and Rohin take on the big ideas and latest developments in artificial intelligence every Wednesday.This week, Praveen looks at a new future career in India—the energy engineer. With Amazon and Microsoft committing to a combined $52.5 billion of investments in India, these tech giants’ data centres will require immense power. India currently doesn’t produce enough renewable energy to service this demand, and even if there were enough power, there are other hurdles.Rohin considers how SaaS companies are contending with an existential crisis. If their clients can replace their software with AI agents, then what value do SaaS companies hold in the future? Some providers have opted to insert AI capabilities into their products and raise their prices, but that is not sustainable in the long run. Brady looked at Broadcom’s stock slump and provided another way to think about the AI investment bubble. The company designs chips for Google. Its revenue has shot up but the company is trapped in fulfilling contracts with lower margins. This all comes down to the picks-and-shovels vendors being unable to capture value in the AI supply chain. It’s another sign that the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Meta will reap the biggest benefits, no matter how the business of AI transforms in the coming years.The cover art of Zero Shot is generated by AI. Everything else is made by humans.We love to hear from our listeners! If you have comments, critiques, or suggestions, write to us at [email protected]. *Additional ReadingTower of the Sunhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_SunI’m Kenyan. I don’t write like ChatGPT. ChatGPT writes like mehttps://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgptThe Ken’s Case-Build Competition: Disrupt the Incumbentshttps://the-ken.com/case-competition-2025/submissions/ Microsoft and Amazon’s multibillion-dollar bets on Indiahttps://www.ft.com/content/d564ba34-7514-43ca-90db-b4fa01737a10India’s e-bus dream is finally coming to life. The power grid can’t keep uphttps://the-ken.com/story/indias-e-bus-dream-is-finally-coming-to-life-no-one-told-the-power-grid/AI agents are starting to eat SaaShttps://martinalderson.com/posts/ai-agents-are-starting-to-eat-saas/Broadcom tumbles 11% despite blockbuster earnings as ‘AI angst’ weighs on Oracle, Nvidiahttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/12/broadcom-tumbles-10percent-after-earnings-as-ai-trade-sells-off-.htmlGlobal funds view Indian stocks as a top hedge against AI riskshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-14/global-funds-view-indian-stocks-as-a-top-hedge-against-ai-risks